Love Yourself: Answer will be the third and final installment in BTS' Love Yourself album series. The group released the EP Love Yourself: Her in September, and followed up with the album Love Yourself: Tear in May.

Love Yourself: Tear debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in June, making BTS the first K-pop group to top the chart. The album's single "Fake Love" debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 the same month, fulfilling one of BTS' goals for 2018.